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Ethiopia ruled out military takeover amid state of emergency
2018-02-17 17:08:46 UTC ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s defense minister on Saturday ruled out a military takeover a day after the East African nation declared a new state of emergency amid the worst anti-government protests in a quarter-century.
The United St...

U.N. Urges Iran to Stop 'Surge' of Juvenile Executions
2018-02-17 01:27:21 UTC The UN human rights office has said Iran is the worst in the world when it comes to sentencing minors to death — a crime under international law. Three minors were executed in January, and 80 more remain on death row.
Mahboubeh Mofidi was 13 ye...

Mueller issues indictment against 13 Russians, three entities
2018-02-16 19:23:03 UTC WASHINGTON (AP) — Thirteen Russians and three Russian companies were charged Friday with an elaborate plot to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election through social media propaganda aimed at helping Republican Donald Trump and harming the...

Supreme Court to decide whether to hear Trump's DACA appeal
2018-02-16 18:13:34 UTC WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court could say on Friday whether it will consider President Donald Trump’s appeal of a lower court decision blocking his order to end a program that shields hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from de...

Germany calls on UK to offer more 'concrete' Brexit plans
2018-02-16 17:47:12 UTC BERLIN (Reuters) - A Brexit deal should strike a balance to ensure Britain clearly diverges from the European Union’s single market but keeps close economic ties with the bloc, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said after meeting British Prime Minis...

Appeals court: Trump latest travel ban is unconstitutional
2018-02-15 17:34:09 UTC RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban on travelers from six largely Muslim countries is unconstitutional because it discriminates against Muslims because of their religion, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday
In a 9...

US teenager shoots and kills at least 17 in a Florida high school
2018-02-15 08:05:51 UTC PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) - A 19-year-old gunman returning to a Florida high school where he had once been expelled opened fire with an assault rifle on Wednesday, killing 17 people and wounding more than a dozen others before he was arrested, auth...

The Real Concerns About Markets As U.S. Inflation Looms
2018-02-14 18:54:27 UTC New York — U.S. financial markets have been roiled recently by something neither the economy nor investors have had to contend with for the better part of a decade: concerns they may soon have to reckon with rising inflation.
The S&P 500 .SPX.I...

U.S. consumer prices rose more than expected in January
2018-02-14 18:37:38 UTC WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices rose more than expected in January, with a measure of underlying inflation posting its biggest gain in a year, strengthening expectations the Federal Reserve will have to quicken the pace of interest rat...

Netanyahu faces corruption and breach of trust charges
2018-02-14 16:36:57 UTC How is the Israeli prime minister linked to an allegedly corrupt deal with German steel producer ThyssenKrupp?
One is Israel's long-serving prime minister, the other is one of Germany's biggest industrial corporations, and now the two have been...

South Africa's ANC party to "recall" Jacob Zuma as president
2018-02-13 07:12:26 UTC JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The ANC has decided to sack Jacob Zuma as President of South Africa, a senior official said on Tuesday, after a marathon meeting to determine the fate of a leader whose scandal-plagued years in power darkened and divided N...

Alarming research finds global warming accelerating sea level rise
2018-02-13 03:25:52 UTC WASHINGTON (AP) — Melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are speeding up the already fast pace of sea level rise, new satellite research shows.
At the current rate, the world’s oceans on average will be at least 2 feet (61 centimeters) ...

Rebuilding Iraq after war with ISIS will cost $88.2 billion
2018-02-12 10:49:21 UTC KUWAIT (Reuters) - Rebuilding Iraq after three years of war with Islamic State will cost $88.2 billion, with housing a particularly urgent priority, Iraqi officials told an international donors’ conference on Monday.
Donors and investors have g...

German workers win right to 28-hour week and 4.3% pay rise
2018-02-12 10:19:03 UTC Berlin — German workers have won the right to a 28-hour week in a victory towards their fight for a better work-life balance.
Industrial union IG Metall, Europe’s largest trade union, has won its workers the right to work the equivalent of unde...

Well-known Iranian-Canadian professor dies in Tehran prison
2018-02-11 07:58:32 UTC WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Iranian-Canadian dual citizen and environmental activist imprisoned by Iranian authorities last month has died in prison, his son wrote on Twitter on Saturday.
Kavous Seyed-Emami was managing director of the Persian Wi...

Schulz Drops Bid to Be Next Germany's Foreign Minister
2018-02-09 20:06:38 UTC BERLIN (Reuters) - The embattled leader of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) abruptly gave up plans on Friday to become its next foreign minister, hoping to shore up support among SPD members for a new coalition with Angela Merkel’s conservatives.
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How Buddhist villagers and Myanmar troops killed 10 Rohingya men
2018-02-09 06:43:05 UTC A REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT (INN DIN, Myanmar) —
On Sept. 2, Buddhist villagers and Myanmar troops killed 10 Rohingya men in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state. Reuters uncovered the massacre and has pieced together how it unfolded. During the repor...

Paul: I can't look the other way by trillion-dollar deficits
2018-02-09 06:06:44 UTC WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government stumbled into a shutdown at midnight as a rogue Senate Republican blocked a speedy vote on a massive, bipartisan, budget-busting spending deal, protesting the return of trillion-dollar deficits on the watch of...

Dow Jones falls again, sending investors into a panicked frenzy
2018-02-08 17:53:50 UTC (Reuters) - U.S. stocks turned lower in early trading on Thursday, with investors still on edge as volatility in financial markets persisted following the worst declines in more than two-and-a-half years earlier in the week.
Wall Street ran out...